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1 The World Whiskies Awards 2016 were presented on Thursday, 17 March 2016 at the Grand Connaught Rooms in London at the Whisky Magazine Awards Dinner. Full results are listed below. If you have any questions, please contact Anita Ujszaszi at Bourbon World s Best Bourbon Abraham Bowman Pioneer Spirits Port Finished Bourbon 50% Pappy Van Winkle s Family Reserve 15 Years Old 53.5% Eagle Rare 10 Years Old Bourbon 45% Pappy Van Winkle s Family Reserve 20 Years Old 45.5% Henry McKenna Single Barrel 50% Knob Creek Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 50% Elijah Craig Single Barrel 45% & Best Abraham Bowman Pioneer Spirits Port Finished Bourbon 50% Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. Barrel Proof Bourbon 63.2% George T. Stagg Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 69.1% Smooth Ambler Contradiction 50% Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. Cured Oak Bourbon 50% 1792 Sweet Wheat Bourbon 45.6% Stagg Jr. Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 66.1% Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. Small Batch Bourbon 50% Four Roses 2015 Limited Edition Small Batch 54.3% William Larue Weller Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 68.8% Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 46% Elijah Craig Barrel Proof White Oak 67.8% 1792 Port Finished Bourbon 44.5%

2 Bourbon Single Barrel World s Best Single Barrel Bourbon Smooth Ambler Old Scout 10 Years Old 53% & Best Smooth Ambler Old Scout 10 Years Old 53% Four Roses Single Barrel 50% Blended World s Best Blended Whisky Suntory Hibiki 21 Years Old & Best Breckenridge A blend of straight bourbons 43% Irish & Best Irish Tullamore D.E.W., 15 Years Old Trilogy 40% Jameson, Original 40% Jameson, Caskmates 40% Japanese Nikka Whisky, The Nikka 43% Suntory, Hibiki 17 Years Old 43% & Best Japanese Suntory, Hibiki 21 Years Old 43% Nikka Whisky, From the Barrel 51% Nikka Whisky, Taketsuru Pure Malt 43% Suntory, Hibiki Japanese Harmony Master's Select 43% Scotch Dewar's, The Ancestor 12 Years old 40% Grant's, Elementary Oxygen 40%

3 Grant's, Elementary Carbon 40% Dewar's, Scratched Cask 12 Years Old 40% Grant's, 8 Years Old 43% Windsor, Windsor 12 Years Old 40% Dewar's, The Monarch 15 Years Old 40% Johnnie Walker, Platinum Label 18 Years Old 40% Dewar's, The Vintage 18 Years Old 40% Dewar's, Signature 40% & Best Scotch The Blended Whisky Co., The en Age Blend 46.4% The Lost Distilleries Blend, Batch % John Walker & Sons, Odyssey 40% Black Bull, Deluxe Blend Kyloe 50% Buchanan's, Buchanan's Red Seal 40% Dewar s, White Label Blended 40% Johnnie Walker, Blue Label 40% The Blended Whisky Co., The Lost Distilleries Blend Batch % John Walker & Sons, Explorers' Club Collection The Royal Route 40% John Walker & Sons, Explorers' Club Collection The Route 40% Johnnie Walker, Double Black 40% South African & Best South African Three Ships, Bourbon Cask Finish 43% Blended Limited Release World s Best Blended Limited Release Glen Alba 22 Years Old 40% Canadian & Best Canadian Forty Creek Three Grain Harmony Scotch Queen Margot, 3 Years Blended 40% & Best Scotch Glen Alba, 22 Years Old 40%

4 Johnnie Walker, Blue Label 2015 Limited Edition 40% Blended Malt World s Best Blended Malt Reference Series III % Japanese & Best Japanese Nikka Whisky, Taketsuru 43% Scotch Glen Orchy, 5 Years Old Blended Malt 40% Catto's Blended Scotch Whisky, 25 Years Old 40% & Best Scotch Reference Series, III % Wemyss Malts, Kiln Embers 46.7% Reference Series, III % Canadian Blended World s Best Canadian Blended Gooderham & Worts Four Grain 44.4% J.P. Wiser s 18 Years Old 40% & Best Canadian Gooderham & Worts Four Grain 44.4% J.P. Wiser s Legacy 45% Forty Creek Copper Pot 40% Corn World s Best Corn Whiskey Balcones True Blue 100 Proof 50% & Best Balcones True Blue 100 Proof 50% Hudson New York Corn 46%

5 Grain World s Best Grain Whisky The Fuji-Gotemba Distillery, Blender's Choice 46% & Best Parker s Heritage Collection Malt Whiskey 54% Dry Fly Triticale Whiskey 44% Australian & Best Australian Tiger Snake, Australian Sour Mash Whiskey 43% Irish & Best Irish Teeling Whiskey, Single Grain 46% Japanese & Best Japanese The Fuji-Gotemba Distillery, Single Grain 25 Years Old Small Batch 46% The Fuji-Gotemba Distillery, Blender's Choice 46% Scotch The Girvan, Patent Still Single Grain 25 Years Old 42% & Best Scotch The Girvan, Patent Still Proof Strength 57.1% South African & Best South African Bain's, Cape Mountain Whisky 43% Flavoured World s Best Flavoured Whisky Knob Creek Smoked Maple Whisky 45% & Best Knob Creek Smoked Maple Whisky 45% Canadian Irish & Best Canadian J.P. Wisers Hopped Whisky 40% & Best Irish Feckin 38%

6 Rye World s Best Rye Whisky Pikesville Straight Rye 55% & Best Pikesville Straight Rye 55% 291 Colorado Whiskey Aspen Stave Finished 50.8% Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye 63.8% Knob Creek Rye Whiskey 50% Canadian & Best Canadian Lot No 40 43% Dutch & Best Dutch Millstone Rye % Single Cask Single Malt & Best Balcones 2015 Staff Selection Single Barrel 63.7% Australian & Best Australian Lark Distillery, Port Cask Heavily Peated 62.5% The Exile 62% Hellyers Road Distillery, Henry's Legacy - Saint Valentines Peak 60.1% French & Best French Brenne, Estate Cask 40% Indian & Best Indian Paul John, Select Cask Classic 55.2% Japanese

7 & Best Japanese Venture Whisky, Ichiro's Malt Chichibu Single Cask No % Scotch & Best Scotch Kininvie, Special Release #1 The First Drops 43% South African & Best South African Three Ships, PX Cask Finish 46.2% Taiwanese & Best Taiwanese Kavalan Solist, Amontillado Sherry Single Cask Strength 55.6% Kavalan Solist, Moscatel Sherry Single Cask Strength 57.1% Kavalan Solist, Fino Sherry Single Cask Strength 57.8% Single Pot Still World s Best Single Pot Still Green Spot Château Léoville Barton 46% Single Malt World s Best Single Malt Old Pulteney Vintage % & Best Texas Single Malt 53% The Notch Nantucket Single Malt 12 Years 48% Do Good Distillery Cherry Wood Smoked Whiskey 45.6% Sons of Liberty Battle Cry 40% Do Good Distillery Peat Smoked Whiskey 45.6% Sons of Liberty Uprising 40% Hudson Single Malt 46% Do Good Distillery Beechwood Smoked Whiskey 45.6% Argentinian & Best Argentinian La Alazana 40% Australian & Best Australian Starward, Wine Cask Edition 41%

8 Starward, Solera 43% Limeburners, Single Malt Port 61% Czech & Best Czech Hammerhead, Czech Vintage Single Malt 40.7% Danish & Best Danish Stauning, Peated Sherry Cask Finish 49.3% Dutch & Best Dutch Millstone, 2005 Heavy Peated 46% English & Best English The English Whisky Co., Chapter 15 46% Marks & Spencer, Fine English Single Malt Whisky 43% French & Best French Armorik, Maître de Chai 46% German & Best German Slyrs, Cask Whisky 56.4% Irish Dunville's, PX 46% Teeling Whiskey, The Revival 15 Years Old Single Malt 46% & Best Irish Teeling Whiskey, 24 Years Old Single Malt 46% Teeling Whiskey, Single Malt 46% Italian & Best Italian Puni, Nova 43% Japanese

9 Suntory, Hakushu 12 Years Old 43% Suntory, Yamazaki 18 Years Old 43% & Best Japanese Suntory, Hakushu 25 Years Old 43% The Fuji-Gotemba Distillery, Blender's Choice Single Malt Whisky 46% Nikka Whisky, Single Malt Yoichi 45% Nikka Whisky, Single Malt Miyagiko 43% Scotch Campbeltown Glen Scotia, 15 Years Old 46% & Best Scotch Campbeltown Glen Scotia, Double Cask 46% Highlands Royal Brackla, 12 Years Old 40% Inchmurrin, 12 Years Old 46% The Singleton of Glen Ord, 12 Years Old Single Malt Whisky 40% The Dalmore, 12 Years Old 40% Glenmorangie, Lasanta 43% ancnoc, 18 Years Old 46% Tomatin, 14 Years Old 46% The Singleton of Glen Ord, 18 Years Old Single Malt Whisky 40% Old Pulteney, 17 Years Old 40% The Singleton of Glen Ord, 15 Years Old Single Malt Whisky 40% Dalwhinnie, 15 Years Old 43% Glenmorangie, 18 Years Old 43% & Best Scotch Highlands Old Pulteney, Vintage %

10 Balblair, 1983 Vintage 46% Glenmorangie, 25 Years Old Quarter Century 43% Glenmorangie, Duthac 43% GlenDronach, Cask Stength Batch % Glenmorangie, Quinta Ruban 46% The Dalmore, King Alexander III 40% Oban, Little Bay 43% Glenmorangie, Tayne 43% Islands Ledaig, 10 Years Old 46.3% Talisker, 18 Years Old 45.8% & Best Scotch Islands Jura, 30 Years Old 44% Talisker, Dark Storm 45.8% Talisker, Storm 45.8% Jura, Prophecy 46% Islay Ardbeg, 10 Years Old 46% Lagavulin, 16 Years Old 43% & Best Scotch Islay Ben Bracken, 22 Years Old 40% Ardbeg, Supernova % Ardbeg, Uigeadail 54.2% Ardbeg, Corryvreckan 57.1% Lowlands

11 & Best Scotch Lowlands Glenkinchie, 12 Years Old 43% Speyside Waitrose, 10 Years Old Speyside 40% Benromach, 10 Years Old 43% BenRiach, 10 Years Old 43% Aultmore, 12 Years Old 46% Cragganmore, 12 Years Old 40% Glen Moray, 10 Years Old 40% & Best Scotch Speyside Cardhu, 18 Years Old 40% Benromach, 15 Years Old 43% Glenfiddich, Age of Discovery Red Wine Cask Finish 40% Glenfiddich, 15 Years Old Distillery Edition 58.1% Mortlach, 18 Years Old 40.3% The Singleton of Dufftown, 18 Years Old Single Malt Whisky 40% Glenfiddich, Age of Discovery Bourbon Cask 40% Craigellachie, 13 Years Old 46% Aultmore, 25 Years Old 46% Aultmore, 21 Years Old 46% The Glenlivet, XXV 43% Mortlach, 25 Years Old 40.3% Glenfiddich, Ultimate 38 Years Old 40% Glenfiddich, 30 Years Old 40% Glenfiddich, Excellence 43% Glen Moray, 25 Years Old Port Cask Finish Batch 3 43% Tomintoul Speyside Glenlivet, Five Decades 50% Cardhu, Reserve 40% The Singleton of Dufftown, Sunray 40% Glenfiddich, Cask Collection Reserve Cask 40% Mortlach Rare Old 43% Glenfiddich, Cask Collection Select Cask 40% The Singleton of Dufftown, Tailfire 40% Glenfiddich, Malt Masters Edition 43%

12 The Glenrothes, Vintage Reserve 40% The Glenlivet, Founder's Reserve 40% The Singleton of Dufftown, Spey Cascade 40% Glen Moray, Classic Port Cask Finish 40% Glenfiddich, Cask Collection Vintage Cask 40% South African & Best South African Three Ships, Single Malt 46.3% Swedish & Best Swedish Mackmyra, Moment Fenix 45.5% Taiwanese & Best Taiwanese Kavalan, Podium Single Malt Whisky 46% Kavalan, Concertmaster 40% Kavalan, ex-bourbon Oak Single Malt Whisky 46% Wheat World s Best Wheat Whiskey Bernheim Original Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey 45% & Best Bernheim Original Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey 45% Dry Fly Washington Wheat Whiskey 40%